The Broward County School Board's decision not to accept a $3.3 million grant from the Florida Department of Education was a missed opportunity to improve the quality of the more than 100 charter schools the district is responsible for overseeing.
The...

Some Broward County school employees have been subjected to long investigations by unqualified personnel for allegations they didn't even know about, School Board members were told Tuesday.
The complaints have prompted the school district to propose...

Hundreds of volunteers recently donned hairnets at Cooper City High School and packed 100,000 meals for hungry children in Broward County.
Thanks to a $15,000 donation from the city, the student-led Cooper City Hunger Project more than tripled the...

If things had gone Nan Rich's way, she'd be in the governor's mansion right now. Instead, she's reduced to setting her sights on a County Commission seat, something she said just months ago that she "absolutely'' wasn't interested in.
Rich, a 73-year-...

A proposal to raise the sales tax in Broward County by a penny may not gel in time to make it to the 2015 ballot.
Broward commissioners remain at odds over whether to ask voters for a half penny or a penny increase to improve mass transit and reduce gridlock, and they said buy-in from the cities and the public is critical before moving forward.
After an informal budget and goals workshop Tuesday, Broward Mayor Tim Ryan and County Administrator Bertha Henry said the tax increase likely won't be seen by...

It isn't much of a challenge to get Robin Bartleman riled up these days.
We're talking boiling mad. Irate. Borderline postal. The whole shebang.
All it takes is one word.
Testing.
That's the same word, thankfully, that has parents and school boards around Florida ready to bring their pitchforks to the Legislature unless there are changes in high-stakes testing.
It was just a couple of months ago that parents, teachers, administrators and activists were at Broward County School Board headquarters...

Once again the Broward Teachers Union and the Broward County School Board are at odds with each other. The School Board is again procrastinating and dragging out the agreed-upon contract that was signed last year which gave teachers raises.
The agreement was signed in good faith and now the School Board has decided to alter parts of the agreement without any negotiation and is blaming the delay of the teachers raises on the Broward Teachers Union. The BTU is being forced into filing a lawsuit against...

Broward School Board members floated the idea Tuesday of eliminating boundaries from some schools to allow them to become total choice schools.
The schools would be similar to Pompano Beach High and the Nova schools, as well as the successful Montessori programs at Virginia Shuman Young in Fort Lauderdale and Beachside in Hollywood.
None have assigned students and everyone must apply to get in.
The board members didn't discuss which schools might get overhauled.during their workshop on magnet...

The highest priced public parking in Broward County is slated for reduction, at long last.
Broward commissioners unanimously agreed to move forward with a price slashing at the public-juror garage just east of the Broward County Courthouse, on Southeast Third Avenue at the foot of the New River bridge, on Southeast Sixth Street.
The Sun Sentinel reported in April that the $8-an-hour, $60-a-day rate at the courthouse was the priciest public parking in Broward County. Broward's chief judge and public...

Opening statements in the public corruption trial of Stephanie Kraft were heard Tuesday, seven years after prosecutors say the former Broward County School Board member and her husband obtained reduced fees for developers in exchange for $10,000.
Kraft, 58, and her husband Mitchell Kraft, 62, lawyers from Coral Springs, were arrested in 2010 and charged with unlawful compensation, conspiracy and bribery. She is also charged with corruption of a public servant.
The Krafts, married nearly 28 years, have...